Life after death?

Question

Just after your theories about what happens to us when we die... or if this life was all we had and once we're dead we're gone?

Answer 1

My theory is that all our thoughts and dreams, all of us, exist in Mind. Mind can be described as thought activity in the brain. Without a living brain, there is no vessel for the thought activity to take place in. This much is obvious. Ask any neurosurgeon.

Evidence to the contrary is proffered by the minds of other humans and that contrary evidence has made institutions like the Vatican, for example, very rich; or the Mullahs of the Arab world, very powerful.

Other civilizations have actually taken a different view of reality. That is, they believed that all that you saw flowed from within your mind out of your eyes to populate your environment. Some belief systems believe it is better to get off the wheel of life and be permanently at rest, instead of having to come back over and over again until you get it right.

My point is all these things are thoughts of human beings. Not of a cat, or dog, or whale, or porpoise, or of ET for that matter. Human beings, despite having been shown that the sun does NOT rotate around the Earth, and that our sun is an average star in the backwaters of one spiral galaxy among hundreds of billions, have created this magnificent web of art, culture, and religion. Because thought carries forward through genetic imprint, tradition, paradigm, upbringing, culture, art, literature and historical record, it is easy to think that things exist outside of the living mind, but I submit they do not, and that you have to be alive, you have to exist in your Mind to even ask this question, and to translate your thought into your digits to type this question on your computer.

This idea of course is automatically rejected by those that claim to have the "truth" but in truth, can't handle the truth. Another thought experiment you can do is ask, if by chance, this really was the only time you have in all of infinity, what would you do with it? It is Pascal's Wager in reverse. What if you're WRONG and there is no afterlife? What would you have done differently, with your little sliver of life? Did you really just waste it hoping for a better life after you die? What part of "die" didn't you understand?

Answer 2

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Answer 3

When a person dies, he ceases to exist. Death is the opposite of life. The dead do not see or hear or think. Not even one part of us survives the death of the body. We do not possess an immortal soul or spirit.

After Solomon observed that the living know that they will die, he wrote: “As for the dead, they are conscious of nothing at all.” He then enlarged on that basic truth by saying that the dead can neither love nor hate and that “there is no work nor devising nor knowledge nor wisdom in [the grave].” (Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6, 10) Similarly, Psalm 146:4 says that when a man dies, “his thoughts do perish.” We are mortal and do not survive the death of our body. The life we enjoy is like the flame of a candle. When the flame is put out, it does not go anywhere. It is simply gone.
Jesus showed though by his resurrection of Lazarus that it is possible to bring people back to life.

Answer 4

What is it like after a Christian dies? This passage opens up death's door to let us see the other side.

9 And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held: 10And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth? 11And white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellowservants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.

This passage gives us a hint of life after death. The martyrs speak, are aware of the passage of time, can talk right to God and hear from God. They have bodies, for they receive robes. They remember their former life, how they died, and expect judgment. They know God has not acted yet in judgment. They are fully aware of their surroundings and their situation. Fascinating!

Answer 5

Biblical scriptures tell us that we 'return' to God. How is it that we can 'return' to a place and state that never existed?

The point is, is that something HAS to previously exist--including ourselves--in order for us to 'return' to it.

The Bible also teaches about TWO different resurrections. How can we be resurrected two different times if we die only once and live no more?

What about "the second death" that is spoken of in The Bible? If we only live and die once, how is it that anyone could experience a second death?

Throughout the Bible it speaks of us 'eternally' existing either with God or in hell, etc--a time period without end. If something exists eternally, or is to proceed forward eternally means, by definitioin that it had no begining; i.e., anything with a beginning has an end, and anything with an end has a beginning.

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Answer 6

That is the ultimate question that no one can answer and since I haven't experienced any life after death I currently go with the theory of nothing happens and it just like unplugging a machine..Nothing...but I guess only time will tell.

Answer 7

I believe that, after we die, we will await the judgement day (at the end of this world). There we will be judged down to each action, and those who have been redeemed by trusting in Jesus and His loving sacrifice will be taken to heaven to live with Him. Those who have not trusted in Him will be sentenced to eternal punishment in...well...Hell.

I find that, after seeing the King Tut exhibit, it was very sad seeing all the Egyptians thought that they had to do to find peace in the afterlife...when all they had to do was be told about Jesus.

It's not enough to just live a moral life, though - you must place your entire life into Jesus' hands. You have to surrender everything to Him.

Answer 8

transmigration, dude - the soul is eternal, and changes bodies according to the laws of (God's material) nature as determined by our desires and actions.

The body is different from the soul. The body is a vehicle for the soul only.

We can see that this body changes completely, all the atoms and everything, several times even, over the course of our life, although we remain the self-same person, from infancy to old age. Similarly, the soul changes bodies when this one is finished, but carries on in another body. Consciousness is eternal and indestructable. But our tiny conscious self can be covered by ignorance .....

So be good. :)

P.S,. God is also eternal and indestructable, but He can never be covered.

This is what the Vedas say, ancient Indian monotheist point of view.

Answer 9

I was in a horrible accident. I saw an angle protecting me. I walked out of the hospital three hours later. What should have been a broken back and neck was a broken jaw and ribs. This is after being crushed from 10,000 pounds.

That is enough for me to pledge eternal love to My God!

Answer 10

No theory, just fact.

Hebrews 9:27
It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.